Top 100 songs for August 20, 1988
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1988 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Roll With It” by Steve Winwood. Meanwhile, “Red Red Wine” by UB40 rises from No. 85 to No. 67. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Red Red Wine — UB40up 18 places, No. 85 → No. 67
- Never Tear Us Apart — INXSup 18 places, No. 86 → No. 68
- Love Bites — Def Leppardup 13 places, No. 52 → No. 39
New to this week’s Top 10
- Sweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' RosesNo. 9
- Fast Car — Tracy ChapmanNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Don't Be Cruel — Cheap TrickNo. 37
- Don't Be Cruel — Bobby BrownNo. 38
- Love Bites — Def LeppardNo. 39
- A Nightmare On My Street — D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceNo. 40
First-week entries
- Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? — Steve WinwoodNo. 61
- True Love — Glenn FreyNo. 63
- Another Lover — Giant StepsNo. 89
- The Rumour — Olivia Newton-JohnNo. 90
- Indestructible — Four TopsNo. 91
- It Takes Two — Rob Base & D.J. E-Z RockNo. 92
- Wild, Wild West — The Escape ClubNo. 94
- She's On The Left — Jeffrey OsborneNo. 95
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.